Yue Yue is a village girl living in the Qin Ling Mountain. Two boys, Cai Cai and Men Men, are her friends and both like her. Cai Cai is diligent and conservative, Men Men is discontented with life and like novelty.

An outstanding college student who lost his sight accidentally has no faith to live on until he meet an encouraging girl who is also blind. But the girl leaves him when his sight is recovered and tells him not to treat promise as shackles.

Principal of a reformatory school leads a lost boy back on the right direction.

The film tells the story of the Communist Labour College that opened in the 1960s. Long Guozheng, an emissary from the Communist government and Li Jinfeng, a female peasant student, must fight against the school's more conservative elements. In the film's climax, Li is put on trial and is about to be expelled from the school when she is saved by a pronouncement from Chairman Mao himself.

At a 1930s swimming match, a Chinese champion is forced to lose to his American rival. Later, the Chinese champion's son, another potential champion, is torn between the rigours of training and the lure of romance.

Financial and political pressures bankrupt a Chinese store owner.

Young technician Lu Ye changes his minds about Shanghai girls during the work with inspector Bai Mei --a girl from Shanghai.

After being swindled out of his land by a local landlord in 1930s China, a grandfather commits suicide. His son burns down the landlord's house in a fit of rage, then escapes to join the PLA. His grandson later joins the PLA too in the 1940s to avenge his father, grandfather and mother.

In a mountain hamlet in eastern China, a poor woman faces trial after trial. Sold into marriage as a child, she is left a young widow and enslaved by her mother-in-law, who sells her to a poor peasant. Her second marriage turns out to be happy until fate takes away her husband and son. Now seen as a bearer of bad luck, she becomes a social outcast.

Set in 1950s, just after the launch of first Marriage Law of PRC. People in a village of Shandong Province, argue and dispute the problem of freedom of love.

Militiaman in Lü Liang Shan actively organize to fight enemies.